~How bees make honey~ by Gracie Johnson https://padlet.com/johng199305/l4na9ogdbbi0p77i How do bees do their magic? en-us 2021-03-03 11:08:20 UTC 2021-03-04 11:09:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Apis_mellifera_Western_honey_bee.jpg/1200px-Apis_mellifera_Western_honey_bee.jpg Collecting the good stuff johng199305 https://padlet.com/johng199305/l4na9ogdbbi0p77i/wish/1263148414 Bees need a very special liquid to make the sweet goodness of honey, what is it? NECTAR!  It's sugary and watery goodness is main ingredient, so bees go flower to flower filling up their 2nd stomach, and to fill it completely they have to to more then 1000 flowers!! These bees are sure hard workers!]]> 2021-03-03 11:20:06 UTC https://padlet.com/johng199305/l4na9ogdbbi0p77i/wish/1263148414 About bees johng199305 https://padlet.com/johng199305/l4na9ogdbbi0p77i/wish/1263157138 Bees are beautiful little yellow and black bugs, they are adorable, and they work very hard to make us honey, but, how do they do it? ]]> 2021-03-03 11:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/johng199305/l4na9ogdbbi0p77i/wish/1263157138 Time to abort! johng199305 https://padlet.com/johng199305/l4na9ogdbbi0p77i/wish/1263199619 After the bee has got enough nectar, the bee returns to the hive, but the digestive system of the bee makes the nectar thicker and thicker, already making honey. But the bee isn't finished yet, a gross task is awaiting! ]]> 2021-03-03 11:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/johng199305/l4na9ogdbbi0p77i/wish/1263199619 Sickening Sweetness johng199305 https://padlet.com/johng199305/l4na9ogdbbi0p77i/wish/1263215607 This is the gross part, but its true. The bees go back to the hive, and then..
BLURGHHH!!
The bee pukes into anothers bees mouth! Then it goes on and on until the last bee. 
Gross..]]> 2021-03-03 11:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/johng199305/l4na9ogdbbi0p77i/wish/1263215607 Phew! All done johng199305 https://padlet.com/johng199305/l4na9ogdbbi0p77i/wish/1263239695 The last bee that hold all the honey chucks up the honey into a small little hexagon box, called a honey comb, where all the nectar turns into honey after a few days!]]> 2021-03-03 11:53:00 UTC https://padlet.com/johng199305/l4na9ogdbbi0p77i/wish/1263239695